The Marauders' Papers

Bits and pieces from the Marauder Era

collected to understand what exactly happened at Hogwarts during the time of

Remus Lupin, James Potter, Sirius Black, and Peter Pettigrew.

Told entirely through notes, detention slips, homework, essays, etc.

-Disclaimer: I'm not J.K. Rowling and these are not my characters.-

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History Of Magic

Moony, what rhymes with beautiful?

You really need to stop with the love poems Prongs.

How do you know I'm writing a love poem?

Because beautiful is a synonym for glamorous, pretty, gorgeous, attractive, hot, cute, adorable, stunning, and breath taking. All of which you asked me for a rhyming word and all of which were love poems to Lily.

Maybe this poem is for Padfoot

I really wouldn't put it past you to do that.

Not many people would actually.

Wait, I think I've got a word.

Roses are red,

violets are blue,

Lily is beautiful,

and cuteiful too.

Cutieful isn't even a word, Potter.


Excerpt from the journal of Remus Lupin

Journal,

We had our first trip to Hogsmead last weekend. It was...interesting. I pity every Slytherin student in Hogwarts. James and Sirius replenished their supply of pranking items. Well, as of now they've already used about half of those items...they really can't hold on to anything can they? Like when I let Sirius borrow 49 of my quills last year. He lost every single one of them. No lie.

I received a 95 on our past exam in Defense Against the Dark Arts. I could've done better.

Pete just lost in wizard chess...again. He was attempting to win against Lily, but with no luck. It's odd, Lily and I have been talking more lately. Not as if we never talked before, it's just that we've come to realize all of our similar interests. She's a good person. And no, I don't like her. She's James's girl, well not really. But, if I ever made a move on Lily, James would curse the werewolf out of me. Yes I would Moony, don't you forget that either. James has become accustomed toreading over my shoulder and writing down his own thoughts. Yes Remmy, yes I have.


Letters From the Summer

My dearest Prongs,

I've been bored out of my mind here at home. My mum keeps yelling at me to do this and that, and it is really starting to get annoying. I've been getting SO bored that I've thought about reading a book...for fun. I know, it's scary. Maybe you can come over sometime, I've been thinking up various ways to throw Kretcher off the roof, all of which are brilliant I might add.

Love,

Padfoot

My lovely Padfoot,

A BOOK! ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND! Surely you can't be that bored. I'm sorry about your mum, parents can be real buggers sometimes. I would love to come over, but my dad says you have to ask your parents. He says he doesn't want another fiasco like last summer. Although it was humorous when your mum came running down the stairs, holding a broomstick, ready to beat me over the head with it because she thought I was an intruder. But, if it's ok, I would love to come over. Throwing Kretcher off the roof sounds like an excellent way to spend the afternoon. Beats last year when we threw him down the stairs.

Yours truly,

Prongs


Potions

Can you help me out with number ten Prongs?

What's number ten?

Our questions that we're supposed to be doing from the book.

Is that what everyone's doing right now? No wonder it's so quiet. What is the question asking?

"What happens when you drink Felix Felices?"

If I recall correctly, it gives the drinker extremely good luck for a certain amount of time.

Wow Prongs. You sounded like Moony.

Oh no, he's wearing off on me.

And what is happening on this piece of parchment?

I was asking James a question about our assignment.

We're supposed to be doing an assignment? No wonder it's so quiet.

Wormtail said I sounded like Moony. It can't be, can it Padfoot? I mean...he can't be rubbing off on me.

I dunno Prongs, you've been using bigger words lately. And you haven't gotten detention in more than a week.

Oh my goodness, it's true. That's it. I need to curse someone.

Detention

Culprit(s): James Potter

Crime: Cursing Peter Pettigrew to grow a tail.

Punishment: Polishing the trophies

Additional Comments: James would like to state that it was an accident and he really didn't mean to curse Peter, he was more so aiming at Snape....

Signed: Horace Slughorn


Honeydukes Receipt

4 Packets of Ice Mice...4 Sickles

4Boxes of Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans...7 Sickles

57 Chocolate Frogs...6 Galleons


Muggle Studies

What do you think we should do tonight? Seeing as what special night of the month it is.

It's not that special Padfoot.

Of course it is Moony. There's nothing that relieves stress like running around in Hogsmead at midnight.

Be careful what you write down, you don't know who might see this.

Relax Moony, they won't know what we're talking about anyways. This is Marauder stuff.

I still don't think you should be doing this.

Doing what?

This animagi stuff. It's too dangerous, how many times do I have to tell you?

How many times do we have to tell you that we DON'T CARE.

We're trying to make it easier for you Moony, and you know you can't tell us that it's not working.

It's working but it gives me a guilty conscious afterwards.

Just ignore it, that's what James and I have always done.

I can tell.

Now that we know what we're going to do tonight (Hogsmead of course), what do you guys want to do this afternoon?

Continue working on the Marauders Map?

Good idea Wormtail. We need to put some more enchantments on that thing.

Like?

Code words.

Code words?

Yeah, like one to open the map, and one to close it.

Ah, any suggestions?

Padfoot's the greatest

Prongs is the mightiest.

Slytherins are slimy

Lily is pretty

I shouldn't have asked you guys for suggestions...


Astronomy

Remus, can you please tell Black to stop drawing hearts around my initials and Potter's, with his wand

Lily, you know he won't listen to me.

Please?

Fine, hold on.

Sirius would like me to inform you that he can drawwhatever he wants to draw and you can't stop him.

Fine, can you please inform Black that I will hex him so bad he'll not even remember how to draw if he continues.

Yes, I'll tell him...hold on

Sirius says he'll stop.


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